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09-26-2005, 03:21 PM
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fighter spitfire mk1
bomber ju88a
ground support fokker g.1
coastal patrol pby4
transport c-47
primary trainer dh 82 tiger moth
advanced trainer at 6 harvard (texan)
carrier fighter mitsubishi a5m4 claude
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carrier fighter
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09-26-2005, 04:02 PM
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| Good choices.
I would add:
heavy bomber B17
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09-26-2005, 04:37 PM
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Country:  | are you kidding me! in 1939 the B-17 was a peace of junk!
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09-26-2005, 05:01 PM
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| Well, it was the only heavy bomber in the world in 1939. Better to have something than nothing. Even if it would have been the worlds first night bomber.
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09-26-2005, 05:07 PM
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| The Lanc didn't even exist - you got to start somewhere.
The choices were limited.
Bf-110
Hurricane
B-17
Bf-109
Ju-88
Spitfire
Ki-27
He-111
Whitworth
Wellington
G3M
P-35
Vega
Like Lanc pointed out they wern't all quite ready yet either. The B-17 needed epenage redesign, There were no P-38s, B-25s, F4Us, F-4Fs even most of the early British bombers were mere prototypes. All the planes mentioned above, in this para., were begining production to meet the light of day in '40.
Hard list to make since it is right on the line where more capable aircraft are about to come out and nobody was quite ready for the war just starting.
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09-26-2005, 05:11 PM
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09-26-2005, 05:14 PM
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Originally Posted by wmaxt The Lanc didn't even exist - you got to start somewhere.
The choices were limited.
Bf-110
Hurricane
B-17
Bf-109
Ju-88
Spitfire
Ki-27
He-111
Whitworth
Wellington
G3M
P-35
Vega
Like Lanc pointed out they wern't all quite ready yet either. The B-17 needed epenage redesign, There were no P-38s, B-25s, F4Us, F-4Fs even most of the early British bombers were mere prototypes. All the planes mentioned above, in this para., were begining production to meet the light of day in '40.
Hard list to make since it is right on the line where more capable aircraft are about to come out and nobody was quite ready for the war just starting.
wmaxt | I agree with your comments. I would also agree with the list that you have chosen, it is a good list.
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Originally Posted by pbfoot there always the stirling | The Sterling entered service in '40 along with the Halifax and the Pe-8
I had to cheat some, my reference is right beside me. 
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| pbfoot = "lead foot"?
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Country: | 7 squadron raf was using stirlings fall 39 according to raf website
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Originally Posted by pbfoot lots of choices polish belgian french dutch russian yugoslovia romania | The reference I have is pretty comprehensive but is limited to planes that made an impact so it is primarily French (the D.520 was '40), US, British, Italian, Russian and Japanese through the war years.
My reference is the Rand McNally Ency. of Military Aircraft ISBN0 517 05655-0.
BTW: I recomend that reference to any aviation buff, it contains charts of entry into service, color plates of both insignia and aircraft to the same scale and by major model complete with Spec blurbs on that model. The book also contains a good description of its history with a three view drawing.
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Country:  | Which country was the dominate force in 1939???? The Japanese??? The Germans???
I would go with the German Luftwaffe and all that they had in thier inventory... They were almost unstoppable in 1939...
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Originally Posted by lesofprimus Which country was the dominate force in 1939???? The Japanese??? The Germans???
I would go with the German Luftwaffe and all that they had in thier inventory... They were almost unstoppable in 1939... | Air Force wise the Germans were ahead of everyone but the Japanese had already captured most of SE Aisa by then, making them about equal overall. The Japanese had started and the Germans just starting their war.
Mostly it was a matter of where you were. 
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